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State of Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the ...
is home to 101 fishes, 55 of which are native. Twenty-three native species are threatened or endangered at either the federal or state level. The federally endangered species are the Humpback Chub (''Gila cypha''), Bonytail (''Gila elegans)'', Colorado Pikeminnow (''Ptychocheilus lucius''), and Razorback Sucker (''Xyrauchen texanus'')..W. L. Minckley, Paul C. Marsh, James E. Deacon, Thomas E. Dowling, Philip W. Hedrick, William J. Matthews, Gordon Mueller, A Conservation Plan for Native Fishes of the Lower Colorado River, BioScience, Volume 53, Issue 3, March 2003, Pages 219–234, https://doi.org/10.1641/0006-3568(2003)053 219:ACPFNF.0.CO;2


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List of U.S. state fish This is a list of official and unofficial U.S. state fishes: __TOC__ Table See also * Lists of U.S. state insignia * Lists of U.S. state animals Notes References Netstate.com state fish tables External links {{state insignia .State ...
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Bibliography of Colorado The location of the State of Colorado in the United States of America This is a bibliography of the U.S. State of Colorado. __TOC__ General history * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Sibley, George. ''Water Wranglers - The 75-Ye ...
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Geography of Colorado The geography of the United States, U.S. Colorado, State of Colorado is diverse, encompassing both rugged mountainous terrain, vast plains, desert lands, desert canyons, and mesas. Colorado is a landlocked U.S. state. In 1861, the Thirty-sixt ...
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Index of Colorado-related articles This is an alphabetical list of articles related to the U.S. State of Colorado. 0–9 * .co.us – Internet second-level domain for the State of Colorado * 4 Corners ** 4 Corners Monument * 6th Principal Meridian * 10-mile Range * 10t ...
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Outline of Colorado The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Colorado: Colorado – 22nd most populous, the eighth most extensive, and the highest in average elevation of the 50 United States. Colorado ...


References

* Johnson, B., Nomanbhoy, N. (2005). ''An eField Guide to Western Fishes-Colorado and Wyoming'' Retrieved from https://taurus.cnr.colostate.edu/projects/cofishguide/index.cfm Fuller, P. (2017). NAS-Nonindigenous Aquatic Species. ''USGS.'' Retrieved from https://nas.er.usgs.gov/about/default.aspx "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species." ''IUCN Red List of Threatened Species'', Retrieved from https://www.iucnredlist.org/ Page, Lawrence M., and Brooks M. Burr. ''A Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes: North America, North of Mexico''. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2010.


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State of Colorado

Colorado Department of Natural Resources
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